{"id":1376,"date":"2021-05-25T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setyourownscene.com\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2021-05-25T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:01:12","slug":"montpellier-the-dirty-water-club-and-an-encounter-with-one-half-of-the-raconteurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setyourownscene.com\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"Montpellier, The Dirty Water Club and an encounter with one half of The Raconteurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part III<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my previous post, I talked about some of the very best and very worst gigging experiences we had as a band from the glamorous rock and roll hotspots of Chippenham and Romford to the slightly more hallowed boards of the Leicester Charlotte and Camden\u2019s Dublin Castle.\u00a0\u00a0In this third and final post about The Screenbeats, I\u2019ll draw a line under the group with a couple of stories from Occitanie in the South of France but first a leafy suburb of North London<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I love that dirty water\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting one half of the future Raconteurs in Tufnell Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the early high points back when were still known as The Shake was when we got booked to play a show at the Dirty Water Club<\/a> in Tufnell Park, North London in November 2005.  Taking its name from The Standells\u2019 cover of the Ed Cobb song<\/a>, for a brief period, it was one of the hippest psychedelic and garage rock nights in London and its popularity had surged after a certain White Stripes<\/a> had played a show there in August 2001<\/a> to an audience packed full of A&R people – as well as Kate Moss and pals (obviously).  As well as stalwarts like Billy Childish, Holly Golightly and The Wilko Johnson Band, a lot of the most-hyped groups of the time played there including The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Datsuns, The Von Bondies and a few months after us, The Horrors.  We were to support The Greenhornes<\/a>, a well-known three-piece garage outfit from Cincinnati, Ohio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day of the gig<\/a> came and on arrival at the venue, the club\u2019s promoter PJ Crittenden<\/a> explained to us that there was \u201ca chance\u201d<\/em> that the enigmatic frontman of cult \u201860s psychedelic band The Seeds<\/a> Sky Saxon<\/a> might be coming as he had been performing at the club recently and was staying nearby.  Roger was a huge fan of The Seeds so suitably nervous and excited<\/em> to hear this news.  In fact, he might even<\/em> have been wearing his black and pink Seeds t-shirt but unfortunately no photos exist from the night.  We never did find out if Sky came to the show or not and it was too dark to see from the stage! <\/p>\n\n\n\n